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{As usual, the toon starts in the basement of the Brothers Strong; the light dims and the projector screen comes down. The first slide shows a fan wearing a paper mask decorated with markers and tape to look like Marshie with his vampire wig.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Hey, you've forgot that bite chunk {the left side of the paper mask flashes in the shape of the missing bite} out of Marshie's head! {The bite fades}{uneasily} That can't be good.

{Marshie fades in over the image, wearing his vampire costume}

MARSHIE: If I can ever "poomp" back the bite on my head, {a series of black strings grow out from the bite chunk, regenerating it into a complete symmetrical wig with a pop and the word "POOMP!"} I'll be {Marshie's voice slows and deepens} unstoppable!

{The next image shows a young man wearing a Homestar Runner t-shirt and a red baseball cap wrapped in blue tape with a paper propeller on it. He has the shadow of a mustache.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Aw, this poor sap looks like he was forced to dress up as Mustache Homestar against his will. {whispering} Are they in the room now? Blink twice if you are under duress, and I'll call for help.

HOMESTAR RUNNER:{voiceover} Ob'm know. That guy looks like he could really...

{Homestar stands up and turns around to face the viewer, revealing that he is wearing a brown mustache. The screen goes dim as colored lines circle around him.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER:{emphatically} Hustle for sports!

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Ah! Duress!

{The next image shows a large mascot-style Homsar standing next to a little girl in front of a parking lot. A back-beat begins to play.}

STRONG BAD:{singing} This is impressive, disturbing, and makes me uncomfortable!

{The next image shows a girl in a blue Modestly Hot Homsar leotard with white tights, an orange bowler, and a Darunia tattoo on her arm standing in the hallway}

STRONG BAD:{singing, in a round} This is impressive, disturbing, and makes me uncomfortable!

{The two Homsar costumes are shown side-by-side, with the lady on the left and the mascot suit on the right. The images slide up and down.}

STRONG BAD:{singing} Ah, that's the way that we dress up as Homsar for the Halloween holidays!

{The song ends. The next image depicts someone in a Homestar Runner mask head}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Whoa, nice truck-head Homestar costume!

{A drawing of a flatbed truck is overlaid over the image of the mask. Commercial music plays.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} That's right, 2018 Truckhead Homestar!

{A pop-up sign reading 2018 Truckhead Homestar with a star replacing the "a" in Homestar appears in the upper left}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Built chassis tough!

{A sign with rivets reading "Chassis Tough" appears on the bottom. A yellow sticker reading 4/2wice appears on the right}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Four over twice posi-taft intakes. So you can drive around all the lumber—

{Wooden planks appear in the bed of the truck drawing}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} —that a dirt road could need.

{All the ad signs float away, and the drawing of the truck with the mask drives off, leaving a gaping hole where the fan's head should be. The 2018 Truckhead Homestar tag reappears in the empty space.}

{The next image shows a fan in a Coach Z costume in front of some trees.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Okay, this is a great Coach Z costume, but I'm warning you, parents. I hope you never run for public office, 'cause this picture will come back to haunt you. {imitating a smooth-and-smarmy radio news anchor} And today, city councilperson Jorgley Morglin was forced to step down when a photograph surfaced from 2018 showing that they willingly placed their child in a Coach Z costume. {The radio news jingle plays} You're listening to snooty jerkwad-supported public radio.

{The next image shows a woman with a yellow blanket with black spots draped over her}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Gah! You inhuman monster! You skinned The Cheat so you could wear his cheat pelt!

THE CHEAT:{voiceover}{The Cheat noises}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} What do you mean, you molt?

THE CHEAT:{voiceover}{The Cheat noises}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} You're molting right now? Turn the lights on.

{Cut to The Cheat standing by the couch. He is shedding off a complete casing of his skin.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Wah! That is so much worse than if you were actually skinned alive!

{The lights shut off.}

{Cut back to the projector. The next image shows a shrugging man wearing glasses and a sign that says "Teeg Dougland" hanging on his neck, standing in front of a blue couch}

{The next image shows a person wearing a Bubs costume, standing in front of a garage door}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} witty retort. This is one of those times.

{The next image shows a fan in an Original Bubs costume, in front of the same garage door}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} And these are those costumes.

{The next image shows a boy in a simple Homeschool Winner costume.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} This one is a costume.

{The next image shows a fan wearing a Strong Bad mask, Everlast gloves, and a shirt with the Ab-Abber pattern drawn on it.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} And this as well.

{The next image shows two fans standing in a basement snack bar. One is dressed as Trogdor. The other is a woman dressed as a burninated peasant lady.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Good effort here.

{The next image shows a fan with his face covered in white, wearing a flannel shirt, a plaid sweater, and a knit cap, holding a camera.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} An obscure reference.

{A thumbnail of an old Coach Z costume sketch from the Museum appears for comparison.}

{The next image shows a girl dressed as Peacey P.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Deepest cut.

{The next image shows a fan in a smiling Strong Bad costume standing on a brick path outdoors, brandishing his muscles.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} There are certain... vagueries I enjoy about this one.

{The next image shows a fan's backyard, where the scene from space program in Strong Badia has been lovingly recreated. A fan dressed as Homestar with his head caught in a sweater is standing on the left.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} Whoa, look at all this!

{A still image from space program appears for comparison. As Strong Bad speaks, the respective parts of both scenes are pointed out.}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} The milk jug, the sound effects CD, the bust of... well, not Van Buren, but close! The space myoot-ant? The some aluminum foil?

{Even the tire wearing a headset is compared side-by-side}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover} This is no costume! You guys started your own—

{Flip back to the full image}

STRONG BAD:{voiceover}—sbemail reenactment society!

STRONG SAD:{voiceover, quivering sheepishly} Which is something I've never done!

STRONG BAD:{voiceover, interrupting} Sometimes I feel a little guilty, thinking that you guys put way more time and effort into these things than was ever spent on the source material on which it is based.